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260641 A/Sgt. Edwin George Johnson British Army 1st Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment from:Carshalton, Surrey (d.16th Oct 1944) I never knew my father, I was only 2 years old when he was killed. I never knew anything about him until I was about 12 years old, when my mother had remarried. It was my father's mother (my grandmother) who contacted my mother with an invitation to visit her. She was a lovely lady and told me a history of my father, Edwin Johnson with a few photographs. In the years that followed I lost contact with her, and it was not until I was about to get married that I wished for someone on my father's side to be at the wedding. My grandmother had passed away, so I went searching in the area that she lived in, Carshalton Surrey, and by chance noticed some children playing in a small green who I thought looked like the Johnsons. I followed one of the boys to his home and knocked on the door, which was opened by a lady followed by a man (who looked like my father). It was my father's brother! He and his family attended my marriage, and since then I have discovered all about my father. However, they did not know much about his army record, as they were told he was in the S.A.S. We do know he served in India from 1934 until the regiment was recalled in 1939 and was wounded three times. Also, he was demoted to the ranks when he went AWOL because my mother was having a very bad time in giving birth to me. I have visited his grave at Overloon in the Netherlands and will be going again in September 2019, as this will be the last time due to my age. Terrence Johnson Add to this record.  Related Content: 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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